Oklahoma City Zoo Oklahoma City Zoo Species List - Nov 2021

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Each line indicates one enclosure, unless preceded by a colon (in which case they are separated by / ). Species that were seen are marked in regular text, species that were unseen are marked in italics. Domestic species may be listed but are not counted in the totals.

Visited November 2021

Oklahoma City Zoo
Children’s Zoo (13 spp)
Blue-and-gold Macaw, Red-and-green Macaw
Galapagos Giant Tortoise (C. vandenburghi)
American Flamingo, Chilean Flamingo
Common Squirrel Monkey (presumed - spp not specified), Red-rumped Agouti
Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey
Lorikeets (Rainbow, Coconut, Black-capped, possibly others)
unsigned Red-necked Wallaby and Tammar Wallaby
Koi and unspecified turtles
Alligator (hatchlings)
Alligator Snapping Turtle (hatchlings)

Wetlands Walkway (11 spp)
(presumably all off-exhibit for winter) Eastern Box Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Painted Turtle (E and W ssp), Spiny Softshell Turtle, Indian Star Tortoise, Spotted Turtle, Wood Turtle, Ouachita Map Turtle, Three-toed Box Turtle, Diamondback Terrapin, Ornate/Western Box Turtle

Herpetarium (59 spp)
Green Tree Python
Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii)
Gaboon Viper, Western Green Mamba
Black Tree Monitor
Halmahera Gecko
Shield-tailed Agama
Kanburian Pitviper
Green Tree Monitor
Colorado River Toad
Yellow-red Rat Snake
Fijian Banded Iguana
Sheltopusik
Standing’s Day Gecko
Green Anaconda
Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (x2)
Catalina Island Rattlesnake
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Sidewinder
Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
Matamata
Halmahera Python
Prehensile-tailed Skink
Angolan Python
Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
Mangshan Pitviper
Madagascar Tree Boa
Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Eyelash Pitviper
(not sure if any seen) Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Bumblebee Poison Dart Frog, Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
New Caledonia Tree Gecko
Cape Coral Cobra
King Cobra
Frilled Lizard
Gray-banded Kingsnake
Kaiser’s Newt, Anderson’s Crocodile Newt
Gila Monster
Pan’s Box Turtle
South American Bushmaster
Sri Lankan Palm Pitviper
McGregor’s Pitviper
Red Spitting Cobra
Klemmer’s Day Gecko
Blue-tailed Firebelly Newt
Lake Titicaca Frog
Laos Warty Newt
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (again)
Mexican Alligator Lizard
Banded Knob-tailed Gecko
Pueblan Milksnake (L. t. campbelli)
Amazon Tree Boa
Magnificent Tree Frog
Tentacled Snake

Dan Moran Aviary (18 spp)
Nicobar Pigeon, Sunbittern, Black-naped Fruit Dove, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Crested Wood Partridge, Hooded Pitta
Golden-breasted Starling, Argentine Ruddy Duck, Cape Thick-knee, Spotted Whistling Duck, Violet-backed Starling, Yellow-breasted Ground Dove, (unsigned) Red-crested Turaco
Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove, Masked Lapwing, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
Curl-crested Aracari, Edwards’s Pheasant

Sam Moore Aviaries
Azure-winged Magpie, Cabot’s Tragopan
Temminck’s Tragopan
Laughing Kookaburra
White-crowned Laughingthrush

Row of Grottoes
Southern Screamer, Patagonian Mara
European White Stork
African Crested Porcupine
Raccoon Dog

Raptor Ridge
Red Junglefowl, Reeves’ Muntjac, Andean Condor, White-necked Raven, Helmeted Guineafowl
Cinereous Vulture

Noble Aquatic Center – Outside
Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion

Noble Aquatic Center Inside Closed

Lion Overlook
Painted Dog, Lion (currently rotating; exhibit normally just for lions)

Cat Forest
Sumatran Tiger (x2)
Fishing Cat (x3)
Clouded Leopard
Serval
Caracal
Bobcat
Ocelot
Jaguar

Apes
Gorilla
Chimpanzee
Sumatran Orangutan

Sanctuary Asia
Asian Elephant
Raccoon Dog (again) Francois’ Langur
Indian Rhino
Komodo Dragon
Southern Cassowary
Red Panda

Hoofstock Paddocks
Grevy’s Zebra
Addra Gazelle
Okapi
Giraffe

Predator Pass
Painted Dog (again)
Cheetah

Oklahoma Trails – Main Path
Bat-eared Fox
Swift Fox
Puma
White-tailed Deer, Trumpeter Swan
Coyote
Wild Turkey, Sandhill Crane
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
American Bison
Grizzly Bear
American Black Bear
Bald Eagle
Whooping Crane
Elk
American Alligator (again)

Oklahoma Trails Aviary (17 spp)
Free-roaming: American White Ibis, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Black-necked Swan, Mourning Dove, Cattle Egret, Killdeer, Ring-necked Pheasant, Wood Duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Hooded Merganser, Swan Goose, Northern Bobwhite
Side Enclosures: Turkey Vulture / American Crow / Greater Roadrunner

Oklahoma Trails - Creatures of the Night (12 spp)
Seba’s Short-tailed Bat
Great Horned Owl
Barn Owl
Brown Rat
Great Plains Toad
Eastern Ratsnake (Black)
House Mouse
Ornate/Western Box Turtle (again)
Arizona Blond Tarantula
Nine-banded Armadillo, Eastern Screech Owl
Ringtail

Oklahoma Trails House (23 spp)
Three-toed Amphiuma
Western Hognose Snake
Mud Snake (western ssp)
Stinkpot
Diamondback Water Snake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Prairie Rattlesnake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Bullsnake
Timber Rattlesnake
Eastern (Speckled) Kingsnake (L. g. holbrooki)
Copperhead
Cottonmouth
Burrowing Owl
North American River Otter
Large Fish Tank: White Bass, White Crappie, Freshwater Drum, Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, Bluegill Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Gar

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Mammals: 50
Birds*: 64
Reptiles: 74
Amphibians: 13
Fish: 9
Invertebrates: 2

Total Species Counted on Exhibit: 212

Link for Review: Slender Lorises, Duct Tape, and Whataburger: A Fish on Dry Land

*number of lorikeet spp may be higher
 
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Chlidonias said:
Wallabies - your photos show both Bennett's (Red-necked) and Tammar Wallabies.
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I wondered if the two photos I posted were of different species. Glad to know they're both still in there - they both used to be signed when it was a walk-through, but since they changed it into a regular enclosure the signage just says "wallaby".
 
Thank you for posting this list! You've done an excellent job! This is my home zoo and I visit it four or five times each year. I'm sorry that you had to deal with all of the construction - they started work on their new Africa-themed area in August and its right in the center of the zoo! Quite a few animals have been transferred out or moved off-exhibit during the past year in preparation for the construction. There were ten bird enclosures and a couple of small mammal enclosures in the Pachyderm Building that had to be relocated. I believe that the following birds are at the zoo but in their off-exhibit bird buildings:

Red-and-Yellow Barbet (pair)
Bali Mynah (pair)
Tawny Frogmouth (pair)
Black-naped Fruit Dove (pair)
Blue-gray Tanager (pair)
Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon (one or two)
Hyacinth Macaw (pair)
Red-fronted Macaw (a two or three males)

There's also a pair of East African Crowned Cranes in a hidden yard behind the Okapis that you can sometimes see (I saw them in December), and there are two or three female Ostriches in the yard that's partially hidden behind the American Bison paddock. These birds are in holding until Africa is complete. There's also Red-crowned Crane and White-naped Crane off-exhibit that had been housed in the yards on the south side of the Pachyderm building prior to construction. The OKC Zoo also has a pair of Golden Lion Tamarins, and at least one Three-banded Armadillo and one Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth off exhibit that had been in the Pachyderm building.

That would add 11 more species of birds and 3 more mammals to your list.

Also, last spring before the Pachyderm Building was closed, the Zoo had a pair of African Pygmy Falcons, a pair of Red-billed Hornbills, a pair of Red-capped Cardinals, and a pair of Beautiful Fruit Doves, but I'm not sure about the current status of these species at the zoo - I suspect that they've been transferred elsewhere. The Caribbean Flamingos that you saw in the Children's Zoo in the Chilean Flamingo exhibit are just a small part of their flock. This past spring the Zoo had 41 Caribbean Flamingos and most of them were moved off-exhibit in July right before construction of Africa started and just as they were beginning to nest. I've head that the Bird Department hand-reared 3 or 4 flamingo chicks this summer. The Caribbean Flamingo flock is so popular that the Zoo is keeping them (rather than obtaining Greater Flamingos) and they will be placed back in their original area that will serve as a transition between the Children's Zoo and Africa - I think that was a smart decision.

I love the lorikeets, but I don't pay a lot of attention to their identification. I'm almost certain that they have no hybrids and their flock is comprised of about 15-20 Coconut Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus), about 20-25 Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) and 3 or 4 Black-capped Lories (Lorius lory). At one time, there were a few Weber's Lorikeets (aka Flores or Leaf Lorikeets) but not any longer.

Thank you again for your excellent synopsis and posting those great photos!
 
Did you see anywhere that would have a tufted deer? They have 1 listed from a december inspection. Also two red river hogs.
 
There are two red river hogs currently off exhibit during the Expedition Africa construction. They are getting a new habitat as a part of this project. The zoo did still have one tufted deer, but its former habitat is also in the construction zone. I’m not sure if the tufted deer has been transferred to another facility yet, but I wouldn’t expect it to be on exhibit again in OKC.
 
Okie said:
There are two red river hogs currently off exhibit during the Expedition Africa construction. They are getting a new habitat as a part of this project. The zoo did still have one tufted deer, but its former habitat is also in the construction zone. I’m not sure if the tufted deer has been transferred to another facility yet, but I wouldn’t expect it to be on exhibit again in OKC.
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Thanks!
 
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